TEHARN, YJC. Haji Deligani has said that it was Mehdi Hashemi’s residence in England that resulted in his father’s entry into the presidentials.

Hoseinali
Haji Deligani, a member of the Boad of Directors of Majlis, provided comments on
the reasons for Hashemi to run for presidency as "It seems that Mehdi Hashemi’s
3-year stay in England has had a series of outcomes, of which one is Hashemi Rafsanjani’s
candidacy for the presidential elections.”

He asserted
"Hashemi, though, does not have the necessary physical conditions to enter the
elections. That is why he would announce his stances in the form of declarations
and would not appear among reporters.”

Haji
Deligani who is a member of the Principalist Fraction Board of Directors then
pointed to a statement by 150 lawmakers in contempt of Hashemi’s speech about
Israel and said "In contrast to Imam Khomeini’s tradition, Hashemi takes
passive positions on Israel.”

He added
that Hashemi intends to reintroduce a limited version of choices enjoyed by the
Guardian Jurist.

He also
stated that, by making evaluations of the country’s circumstances as difficult
and at a dead end, Hashemi gladdens foreign arrogance media.

Haji
Deligani asked for solidarity among the Principalist in the face of the Reform
side.